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Is Teleworking for Millennials?
Get PDFWhile research has examined generational attitudes regarding work, there are limited studies on the expectations of the newest workforce, the Millennials (born 1981- 1999). This study looks at the Millennials’ attitudes toward autonomy, work/life balance, perceived computer competence and its relationship with telework preference. Using a survey instrument, a sample representing 195 Millennials and 68 non-Millennials were scrutinized to determine their preferences by group. Partial support was found for the effect of autonomy and work/life balance toward the preference to telework. Millennials do not seem to prefer teleworking. However, differences between males and females depicted greater interest in males
The Legal See-Saw: The Rights of the Sex Offender v. The Perception of a Safe Community
Get PDFThe question of how to safely deal with convicted sex offenders upon release from incarceration has been an ongoing hotly-debated topic within American society for decades, with one of the earliest approaches to dealing with these criminals dating back to the 1930s (Petrunik 486). Although it is universally acknowledged that sex crimes are deemed wrong from both the criminal and moral aspect, indecision exists with respect to the constitutionality and effectiveness of current legislation in place for the offenders to maintain rehabilitation and keep neighborhoods safe. Statutes, such as the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act of 1994, the Pam Lychner Sex Offender Tracking and Identification Act, Megan’s Law and the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, were enacted in an effort to prevent future sex crimes by released offenders and provide a sense of security for the public upon these individuals’ reentries into society; however, unintended negative effects are extending from behind prison bars and passing through the white picket fences all over the nation. At the center of most legal and ethical debate regarding this issue is the mandatory sex offender registry – the registration of all sex offenders with local and state police that provides identifying information to the public throughout the country upon their release to prevent recidivism. Although this may sound like an effective statute on its face, there are many consequences that stem from the sex offender registry as well that often go unnoticed or are considered small in the bigger picture of a safer community. With the obligatory registration come community notification and living restrictions for offenders in order to make sex offenders known throughout the local neighborhood and to keep them away from areas densely populated with children. Despite how beneficial this legislation may seem, the law also possesses many flaws that negatively impact both the offender and citizens’ lives, as will be demonstrated in this thesis. Among some of the severe problems of the sex offender registry is the biased assumption sex offenders will reoffend, incorrect registry information, a false sense of security experienced by parents, community vigilantism, and a feeling of uneasiness felt by both the citizen and offender. Although these acts have been put in place by our government and our people to protect the innocence of our children and adult victims, the sex offender legislation has also been defectively impacting lives, rather than easing citizens’ fear of potential sexual predators on the streets. In this thesis, I will take an in-depth look at and explain the damaging flaws and effects of sex offender legislation on both the offender and civilian, while using the state of Rhode Island as a microcosm of our nation’s law and outcomes
Ochre Court, Great Hall
No full textInterior of Ochre Court, Great Hall; showing part of the ceiling.Ochre Court, designed by Morris Hunt, was a gift to the Sisters of Mercy from Robert Goelet, in 1947, thereby establishing Salve Regina University in 1947. Ochre Court served as the entire campus for the first few years of the college’s existence, and it remains the heart of the university.1997. 35 mm. Color slide. 3.5 x 2.3 cm. (1 3/8 x 7/8 in.)https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/heritage/1038/thumbnail.jp
Bishop McVinney visiting campus on the college’s first anniversary, 1948
No full textClass officers gather around Bishop McVinney on Mercy Day, the first anniversary of the opening of Salve Regina College.Back of photograph: Class officers with Bishop. September 24, 1948. Bishop McVinney with students on Mercy Day, first anniversary of College. Anon Studios 193 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840.1948. Black and white photograph. 24.13 x 19.05 cm. (9.5 x 7.5 in.)https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/heritage/1054/thumbnail.jp
Moral coherence in the modern world: An interdisciplinary view.
No full textWhat is the influence of the increasing complexity and fragmentation of modern society on the moral coherence of the human person as an individual and as a community member? Researchers have tackled the question of modern moral coherence from a variety of disciplinary vantage points, with appropriate intra-disciplinary focus and depth. Rarely have researchers attempted to apply a more comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to the researchable questions of the present study. This dissertation analyzes the impact of complex modern society on moral coherence and explores what the idea of moral coherence looks like in the modern world according to an array of thinkers from five disciplinary fields. Finally, a coherent picture of the modern moral self is constructed from this interdisciplinary selection of thinkers of the late twentieth century. A working definition of the idea of moral coherence for the purpose of the present study includes coherence within the individual human person and across individual selves. Additionally, moral coherence attempts to reconcile moral judgment and action, internal and external moral and non-moral factors, and individual knowledge, experience and beliefs in the moral realm. Sociologists, philosophers, political philosophers, psychologists and theologians, such as Robert Bellah, David Riesman, George H. Mead, Charles Taylor, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, John Rawls, Alasdair Maclntyre, Michael Sandel, Amitai Etzioni, Lawrence Kohlberg, James Rest, H. R. Niebuhr and Stanley Hauerwas, all explore this question of moral coherence of the modern human person as an individual and community member in their work. Using hermeneutic methods to analyze the works of these key thinkers in each of these five fields, this research attempts to determine whether a coherent moral picture emerges from an interdisciplinary approach to these questions
Paper Waste In McKillop Library
Get PDFThe goals of our project were to determine the amount of the library’s paper waste. In order to do this we decided to focus on the total sheets of paper used, the recycling that occurs in the library, the use of recycled paper, and the discarding of books. The methods that were used were talking to library staff about the amount of paper used and the discarding of books, surveying the students who use the library about their recycling practices, and hanging educational flyers about the benefits of recycling. After researching the amount of paper waste in McKillop Library, the results we found were that overall more could be done to limit the environmental impact the library has due to the amount of paper waste. There are recommendations that can help reduce the amount of paper waste. In the short term, the library could rearrange the location of the trash barrels and the recycling bins. Having an overwhelming amount of trash barrels could inhibit the amount of paper recycling. Also the library could closely monitor the janitorial staff to make sure that the recycled products are being placed in the recycling bins and not in the dumpster with trash
AS Minutes 2009 03 04
Get PDFAGENDA: FACULTY ASSEMBLY MEETING
March 4, 2009 O’Hare Academic Center, Room 160, at 2:30 p.m.
Call to Order
Approval of Minutes of 3 Dec 2008 meeting & 4 Feb 2009 meeting
Budgetary Matters
Sr. Therese Antone and Dr. de la Motte
Old Business
Forum on academic rigor
Breakout sessions
Reports
New Business
Reports and Announcements
Treasurer’s Report
FACSB
EPC
Adjournmen
AS Minutes 2009 04 29
Get PDFAGENDA: FACULTY ASSEMBLYMEETING
April 29, 2009 O’Hare Academic Center, Room 160, at 2:30 p.m.
Call to Order
Approval of Minutes of 4 March 2009 meeting
Old Business
Forum on academic rigor
Breakout sessions
Reports
New Business
Election Results
Election of Speaker of the Faculty Assembly
Reports and Announcements
FACSB
Faculty Spring Social
Adjournment
Notice: There is a reception for Roger Fang (Fulbright Scholar in Business Studies) following our Faculty Assembly Meeting, 29 April 2009, in McAuley 206
Reminder: RSVP for Spring Social at Hotel Viking is due by end of Faculty Assembly Meeting, 29 April 200
Rodgers Recreation Center
No full textPhotograph of Rodgers Recreation Center.Rodgers Recreation Center honors the leadership of Thomas A. Rodgers Jr., a Salve Regina University trustee.2002. 35 mm. Color slide. 3.5 x 2.3 cm. (1 3/8 x 7/8 in.)https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/heritage/1047/thumbnail.jp
A semiotic analysis of virtual reality
No full textThe research question addressed by this dissertation is: How might semiotics (i.e., the study of signs) assist in understanding the cultural and possible political ramifications behind virtual reality? Because human culture is an expansive subject, the proposed research specifically assesses it in terms of virtual empiricism, which is the difficulty associated with interpreting meaning from cultural interactions and subsequent experiences with the signs of virtual reality media. Virtual empiricism concerns the dependency between the mind of an observer and the phenomena produced by virtual reality technology (VRT), when considered as signs which resemble real-world objects. VRT is viewed as a sign system similar to language. As an idea, language has comprised the first form of virtual reality. As a technology, virtual reality forms a bridge between human senses and computer outputs. Because the relationship between general media and culture is complex, the use of an analytical tool is necessary to understand its workings. Semiotics is an effective means by which to analyze virtual empiricism because it acknowledges meaning derived from both this technology\u27s content and its unique expression. A semiotic analysis will be conducted here on three types of case studies, including cinema, advertising and video gaming. Virtual empiricism is further examined in terms of phenomenology and symbolic realism because the meanings derived from virtual reality technology\u27s signs are interconnected with perceptions and social interactions. The examination reveals a capitalist ethos that pervades VRT manifested as the dual thread of competition and consumption. This ethos has ideological ramifications in that it assists in the forging of an unequivocally secularized world-view. Capitalist ethos is exposed as a motivating agent behind the meaning of virtual reality technology\u27s signs. It is further revealed that by championing alternatively false renditions of mythology, capitalist ethos clashes with and tends to trivialize the guiding principles of traditional myths. In conclusion, the analysis reveals a tightly coupled synergism between the signs of virtual reality and culture, which, precipitated by the underlying capitalist ethos, distorts the significance of tradition